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Silence Speaks
TRAINING – THE RESULTS THEREOF
You must be sure that unless internal peace, calmness of mind, simplicity and lightness follow, as the natural result of your practices you are proceeding on the wrong lines and that your training is defective.
GOAL CLARITY – SELECTION OF PATH
The very first thing to be looked to, seriously, is that the path we select is the right one, leading directly to our goal. It is therefore, quite essential to have in our mind a clear and definite conception of the final goal. Do not follow a path because it is oldest, for the oldest one may be most ill suited to the changed conditions of the world and the society. Do not follow a path because it has been followed by the majority of men, for the majority may not always be right and is more often led by only a chosen few, who in all possibility, might have been misled. It is consequently very essential for everyone to fix his eyes on Absolute Reality with faith and confidence and to adopt ways helpful and conducive to Self- realization. We then march on up to the final point
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